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B-419033.4,B-419033.5,B-419033.6,B-419033.7 Aug 03, 2021 1 (2021-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaomdp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GA.O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Data Computer Corporation of America File: B-419033.4; B-419033.5; B-419033.6; B-419033.7 Date: August 3, 2021 Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Taylor Hillman, Esq., Caleb E. McCallum, Esq., and Lindsay M. Reed, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. David B. Dixon, Esq., Toghrul M. Shukurlu, Esq., and Robert C. Starling, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Sparksoft Corporation, the intervenor. Krystal A. Jordan, Esq., Robyn A. Littman, Esq., and Douglas Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated quotations is denied where the record reflects the evaluation was generally reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulation. 2. Protest that agency treated vendors disparately by downgrading the protester's quotation for reasons equally applicable to the awardee's quotation is denied where the protester cannot show a reasonable possibility of competitive prejudice. DECISION Data Computer Corporation of America (DCCA), of Ellicott City, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Sparksoft Corporation, of Columbia, Maryland, under a teaming agreement with Skyward IT Solutions, LLC, (Sparksoft/Skyward) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. GS-35F-161CA/75FCMC20F0057 issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), against the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 70 for information technology services related to software testing of various Medicare information systems. The protester contends the agency erred in its evaluation in numerous respects, engaged in impermissible disparate treatment of quotations, and did not adequately justify its best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest.

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